I often find myself in dreams trying to use my phone and failing. This is a widely recognized phenomenon in dreams studies and it's frustrating as hell. I want to go back to my pre smart phone days when every dream couldn't suddenly become a nightmare just because I need to use google maps. - ThreadSky

rhettmc.mythical.com • 88 days ago

I often find myself in dreams trying to use my phone and failing.

This is a widely recognized phenomenon in dreams studies and it's frustrating as hell.

I want to go back to my pre smart phone days when every dream couldn't suddenly become a nightmare just because I need to use google maps.

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kimmartin95.bsky.social•35 days ago

I repeatedly dream that there is a life or death emergency and I can't figure out how to dial 911!

xseachellex.bsky.social•86 days ago

I just had a dream where I was PANICKING& started sobbing because I was in labor& trying to call/text my boyfriend that he needed to come home but the letters were shifting around& I couldn't type in his name or any words& I couldn't read the screen& it became so confusing I woke up hyperventilating

rainy221b.bsky.social•86 days ago

I used to dream that I jumped into a pool or lake with my phone in my pocket and destroy it and then as soon as I got a waterproof phone the dreams stopped, it was amazing

brigadierpickles.bsky.social•88 days ago

Man, I wish I had dreams vivid enough to have their own problems.

cosmic-corpse.bsky.social•88 days ago

I agree...mostly. Map Quest was a nightmare itself to use. They tell us not to text and drive, which makes sense, but those instructions were sometimes multiple pages which often requires two hands.

mercifulvoodoo.bsky.social•86 days ago

My dream self has tried to work around it, but dream Siri is also unreliable.

Why are all dream bathrooms terrible as well?

ehrgeiz.bsky.social•88 days ago

I’ve had these dreams where I am trying to call someone or look up something and it’s impossible to do. Same with dreams where I am trying to turn off a home security system and just can’t hit the right numbers and it drives me mad until I wake up.

thestacker63.bsky.social•88 days ago

it's weird because as someone who had their first smartphone as a non-adult, i never have dreams with them!

psykogrl.bsky.social•88 days ago

It sounds very similiar to the recurring nightmare I used to have when I was still a chef.... the printer constantly going off and not being able to read the tickets to do anything. It used to happen after particularly bad & stressful stretches at work.

indarkestplaces.bsky.social•88 days ago

I've never had this nightmare but I do check my phone sometimes in my lucid dreams. That's about the only time I think it even exists.

fatheryoda.bsky.social•88 days ago

What does it mean if you have had dreams where you’ve used your phone then? Because I’ve had at least a couple that I can remember.

nohbodt.bsky.social•88 days ago

I’ve had phone calls in dreams but I’ve never used my phone, like I get to my phone and put it up to my ear. No inbetween.

fatheryoda.bsky.social•87 days ago

The two dreams I remember most were where I was texting a friend and scrolling social media. Both were bad experiences though. I very vaguely remember having more too.

internetainment.bsky.social•88 days ago

user error. I've definitely had dreams where I'm scrolling Twitter reading tweets and even woke up laughing after reading a tweet

lostinmythicality.mythicalbeast.online•88 days ago

wait… is this similar to my recurring dream where i need to use the kitchen to prepare a last minute feast for my coworkers but when i go looking for my pots and pans theyre gone?

rhettmc.mythical.com•88 days ago

it seems it's because the part of our brain that helps with processing the kind of info that would be on a phone screen (like time, numbers, text) doesn't fully function during REM sleep. so pots and pans is probably more just tapping into a fear of not being prepared (which I also have)

thesivert.bsky.social•88 days ago

My phone dream is that i always mess up the last digit of a very lonnnnng phone number. So the smart phone is the solution to my nightmares!

brunchaf.bsky.social•88 days ago

Talking of google maps, there's a new feature that pulls up the dish you requested to find in picture form. It's pretty cool. Let's see if this helps your dreaming!

rhettmc.mythical.com•88 days ago

that's alotta meatballs

brunchaf.bsky.social•88 days ago

Yea, after yesterday's episode I was desperate to try the Chinese meatballs, they looked amazing

berreh.bsky.social•88 days ago

I get this a lot - trying to text/call my spouse but I can't type, or the buttons keep moving, etc. the extra fun version is when the people around you are pissed off because you can't do it right 🙃

rhettmc.mythical.com•88 days ago

yes. texting is the worst. this happened last night. Just could never even get the texting app to come up...

berreh.bsky.social•88 days ago

ugh, relatable. communication anxiety sucks. :(

matt.drollette.com•88 days ago

I've heard this is a way to train yourself how to lucid dream. Trying to look at your watch or a phone and not being able to and using that to become aware that you are dreaming without waking up.

rhettmc.mythical.com•88 days ago

yep, I read a bunch about lucid dreaming in the past and this is one of the the "reality checks" you can do while you're awake. Train yourself to look at your phone in waking life and if it makes sense and you can use it, you're awake. If not, you're dreaming. But somehow I've never committed to it.

chicnnuggies.bsky.social•86 days ago

I’ve heard another thing to look out for is to see if the sky looks “drawn” as if someone went over it with colored pencil.

roberthighwind.bsky.social•85 days ago

What if I spin a top and see if it falls?🌀

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